Women and women's movements at the beginning of the 21st century are clearly no longer invisible as actors in international relations. This volume opens up a range of questions around the prospects for international women's movements to influence the international political agenda.

The contributors come from North and South. They include feminist academics and activists as well as mainstream scholars of international relations. Fascinating and controversial issues arise. For example:

* The intellectual relationship between feminism and mainstream scholarship;
* Whether the radical potential of social movements and feminist critiques as a transformative force aiming at fundamental change is being lost as entry points into national or international politics are opened up;
* How far today's feminist scholarship now takes place in isolation from women's movements and politics;
* The differences in perspective and political positions between women in the North and in the South.

A thoughtful set of explorations that will hopefully be the stimulus to much more debate around these important questions.